>>>>> "NW" == Nathan Wiger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> It sounds really stoopid to say C<$SIG{__WARN__}> on a machine which
>> doesn't have signals.
NW> Indeed. It is also worth noting that people on -flow have been hashing
NW> out safe signals through a "use signal" pragma, which would remove %SIG
NW> altogether.
>> Instead, let's implement them as magic subroutines C<WARN> and C<DIE>
>> like C<BEGIN> and C<END>. This seems more consistent anyway. Well, to
>> me.
and how do they nest or get localized? with use signal you can install a
lexically scoped handler or a package level handler. with WARN it looks
like a global handler to me.
uri
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